Got Me!

[DngrMse]

Try, as I did, to derail my own travel request, the bastards approved it anyway. Now I find my self stuck on the shores of, (still frozen over!), Lake Wallenpaupak, in scenic Pensilvonya. Grrr. Spring time everywhere.....but here. Ten glorious days of nothing to do, (because...well, there's nothing to do here, in the middle of winter), in lovely Hawley PA.

The trip out was just wonderful too. Stuck between two people on the Sacramento-Chicago leg, for a start. Then my credit card stopped working. Then, after boarding a small commuter jet for the Chicago-Newburgh leg....we just sat, for nearly an hour. After this wait, the crew helpfully informed us that our departure was delayed, (duh, we'd already figured that one out), and delayed because some door on the plane had fallen off. It was not a very important door, the crew informed us, and in fact they planned on flying us to New York without this door. The cheerful Stewardess told us that the FAA let's them fly that way all the time! She also added, as a postscript, that she, and the rest of the current crew would'nt be making the trip with us, (now I knew why they were so cheerful).

Surprisingly, (to me), we made it to New York alive, (after waiting another hour while the airline tricked a new crew into flying the doorless airplane). And my credit card started working again, so I was able to get my rental car, (a mazda something or other), and I drove without incident to PA, (I did run a red light accidentally though).

So here I am...for the next ten days, and I expect every last one of you to entertain me, as it appears DA will be my only diversion.

So get with it, already!

[Snouter]

Originally posted by DngrMse
...It was not a very important door, the crew informed us, and in fact they planned on flying us to New York without this door....

Is there any snow around for skiing or snowboarding?

[DngrMse]

Originally posted by Snouter




Is there any snow around for skiing or snowboarding?

I can still see some at Edgewater....but I also can see dirt, and stuff through it. So not enough to be of any use, I'm afraid.


Eating dinner in bars, I can already tell, is going to get old fast.

[Katalina]

What part of Pa are you in? It was 65 here today. You got stuck in the wrong part Sorry you had such a ruff time..

[Rayney]

I need a holiday I have a week off in the Easter break in April...but naturally being poor now I can afford to do anything

Thats ok though, a week off is a week off right?

*Does something entertaining.*

[Katalina]

You all should drink, that's what I'm doing

[Rayney]

Its 11am here...i have to go to the markets and the butchers etc today And do the laundry.

[Katalina]

Originally posted by Raynewitch
Its 11am here...i have to go to the markets and the butchers etc today And do the laundry.

time sucks

[DngrMse]

Originally posted by Katalina
What part of Pa are you in? It was 65 here today. You got stuck in the wrong part Sorry you had such a ruff time..

North East section, about ten minutes from New York. It's been warm enough so far....60's today, I think, but the ice on the lake is still three feet thick, and it will take another couple of weeks before it melts all the way.

I'll probably take a day or two off, and visit NYC, or maybe Atlantic City, if I get a chance. A lot of the local businesses here are tourist oriented, and unless it's summer, they are'nt opened. Though I hear there's a 24 hour Walmart super center up the road in Honesdale! Woohoo!

[DngrMse]

Originally posted by Raynewitch
I need a holiday I have a week off in the Easter break in April...but naturally being poor now I can afford to do anything

Thats ok though, a week off is a week off right?

True, and with 9 kids at home, a week away doing anything is indeed a week off.

*Does something entertaining.*

Ahhh...I feel better already.


As an aside, you can't buy beer just anywhere in PA....if you want a sixpack, you have to go to a bar. If you want more than that, you have to go to special 'beer stores'. It's weird. I'm used to buying whatever the hell I want in any store in CA.

[DngrMse]

Originally posted by Katalina
You all should drink, that's what I'm doing

Drinking is like a regional sport around here, (unless it's deer season), so I've been getting in lots of practice. Hard not too, actually, as all the open restaraunts double as bars.

[Katalina]

Originally posted by DngrMse


North East section, about ten minutes from New York. It's been warm enough so far....60's today, I think, but the ice on the lake is still three feet thick, and it will take another couple of weeks before it melts all the way.

I'll probably take a day or two off, and visit NYC, or maybe Atlantic City, if I get a chance. A lot of the local businesses here are tourist oriented, and unless it's summer, they are'nt opened. Though I hear there's a 24 hour Walmart super center up the road in Honesdale! Woohoo!

We have one of them 24 hours walmarts too. I go at night to stay away from old people like you

You should come here the Mon river is not iced up, plus it's suppose to be sunny and warmer.. Well that's what they said 2 days ago

[DngrMse]

Originally posted by Katalina


We have one of them 24 hours walmarts too. I go at night to stay away from old people like you

Aha! So that's what I've been doing wrong.....

You should come here the Mon river is not iced up, plus it's suppose to be sunny and warmer.. Well that's what they said 2 days ago

I plan on doing something, or going somewhere while I'm here, but I've no idea what, (or even where), 'Mon river' is. It was supposed to be sunny here today, so it rained instead. Last time I was here I went to Scranton, (not exactly a party kind of place), but they did have a restaraunt that featured different beers from around the world, and I'm still less than halfway through their list!

[Katalina]

Mon =Monongahela

[DngrMse]

Originally posted by Katalina
Mon =Monongahela

That sounds familiar.....a quick check of the phone book shows only two around here, the Delaware, and the Lackawaxen, (bald eagles winter on the Lackawaxen). Where's this Monogahela you speak of?

[Katalina]

Down by the power plant


The mon

[302Riz]

Dngr, if you come to NYC, give me a holla